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https://www.gq.com/story/popovich-trump-soulless-liar

Gregg Popovich Calls President Trump a "Soulless Coward" and a "Pathological Liar"
By
Luke Darby
October 16, 2017
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Harry How
The Spurs coach is not happy with the president's latest lie.

Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich has no qualms about speaking his mind, whether he's talking about basketball games or income inequality or systemic racism. But he's also a person who, even when appearing to speak off the cuff, chooses his words very carefully. So when he finally elects to unload on someone, it's safe to say that he's thought about it for awhile—and that he means everything he says.

As much as Donald Trump tries to portray himself as a wild card, he's a pretty predictable jerk. For example, you can safely expect him to never apologize and to always throw someone else under the bus in order to avoid criticism. So when asked on Monday why he didn't bother to contact the families of four U.S. soldiers recently killed in Niger, he promptly blamed Obama: "President Obama and other presidents, most of them didn’t make calls. A lot of them didn’t make calls. I like to call when it’s appropriate, when I think I’m able to do it."

That is, objectively speaking, a lie, and it did not sit well with Popovich, an Air Force veteran. In fact, he called Dave Zirin over at The Nation so he could make his feelings clear. After asking for Zirin's assurances that his comments would be on the record, Coach Pop started out by saying that this particular lie from the president was so despicable that he didn't have words for it. Then, however, he found some words pretty quickly:

This man in the Oval Office is a soulless coward who thinks that he can only become large by belittling others. This has, of course, been a common practice of his, but to do it in this manner—and to lie about how previous presidents responded to the deaths of soldiers—is as low as it gets. We have a pathological liar in the White House: unfit intellectually, emotionally, and psychologically to hold this office, and the whole world knows it, especially those around him every day. The people who work with this president should be ashamed because they know it better than anyone just how unfit he is, and yet they choose to do nothing about it. This is their shame most of all.

Donald Trump and Mike Pence found an easy mark in the NFL, where team officials have bent over backwards to appear apolitical in response to player statements of political protest—which, of course, is particularly rich given how many owners backed Trump's candidacy with their millions. By contrast, Pop seems unconcerned about appearing neutral, and his actions pave the way for others in the NBA, which opens its new season on Tuesday, to say and do the same types of things. Speaking out like this is the smart way of dealing with a manipulative bully: They can only maintain some semblance of power over you if they know that you'll silently tolerate it.



特朗普平均每天撒谎5次 美国总统为何越来越爱撒谎

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2017年11月14日,即特朗普当选一周年不久,《华盛顿邮报》发表了他们对特朗普撒谎次数的统计,统计结果显示,在他宣誓就职后的过去298天里,他共撒谎1628次,平均每天5.5次。按照这个速度类推,那么到他走马上任一周年(即2018年1月20日)的时候,他将撒谎1999次。如果按照他10月份的撒谎次数类推,那么一周年后会轻松突破2000次。

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当年5月,美国的中央情报局雇员鲍尔斯驾驶着一架U-2侦察机深入苏联领空,被苏联的防空部队发射的导弹击中,鲍尔斯跳伞后被活捉。然而,美国国务院并不知道鲍尔斯被抓,于是公然否认有美国侦察机故意侵犯苏联领空。

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艾森豪威尔总统也发表声明,此事他不曾授权。这显然是撒谎。随后,苏联领导人赫鲁晓夫将被活捉的飞行员展示在世人面前,艾森豪威尔这才不得不承认这是一次间谍飞行。(鲍尔斯所驾的U-2侦察机部分残骸,现存于莫斯科的中央军事博物馆内)

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这一真相令大多数美国人感到震惊,美苏关系也随后趋于紧张,并导致苏联后来在古巴部署核导弹对抗美国,差一点引发核大战。艾森豪威尔后来在离开白宫时对记者表示,他把美国在U-2侦察机上的谎言看成是他任总统期间最大的遗憾。“我从没想到撒谎的代价是如此的高昂,如果事情再发生一次的话,我宁愿闭嘴不发一言。”(苏联领导人尼基塔·赫鲁晓夫正巡视鲍尔斯所驾驶的U-2侦察机残骸)

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在“水门事件”上,尼克松总统撒的谎就太多了。他因水门事件辞职后,前总统杜鲁门曾这样评价尼克松:“他能够用两片嘴唇同时撒谎。即使他保证说真话,也是在撒谎,以免荒疏了撒谎技巧。”(1974年8月9日尼克松的辞职信)


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后来卡特总统在回忆水门事件时则说:“在我国200年的历史上,他是最不诚实的总统。他玷污了总统的名声。”在水门事件的最低点,尼克松的支持率下降到27%;当他辞职时,这个数字已经下降到24%。

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上世纪80年代里根总统上台执政,发生政府通过情报机构秘密向伊朗出售武器并把钱款转到尼加拉瓜支持反政府武装的“伊朗门”事件,但那在很大程度上还属于“违反武器禁令”的政治阴谋,涉及的是国家的外交战略利益,与个人品德无关。到里根去世时,媒体对他的赞誉铺天盖地,把他称为领导自由世界把苏联帝国整垮的英雄,而对他的“伊朗门”事件很少提及,故意进行“选择性遗忘”。



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而到了克林顿总统时代,政治人物的道德底线再下新台阶。事情要从克林顿总统的“拉链门”说起。克林顿总统与莱温斯基早在1995年就认识,后来两人在白宫发生性关系。此事被莱温斯基无意说给友人听,并被“有心”的朋友给捅了出去,导致“东窗事发”。这件“政治+娱乐+性丑闻”的狗血剧在媒体的推波助澜下立马吸引了无数围观群众,结果满城风雨,沸沸扬扬。


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当时来自教会和教育界的人曾指责克林顿身为公众人物,却干出如此不齿行为,不对他弹劾,又如何为美国人树立正确的典范?但更多的人却认为,克林顿在事件中的坏典范并不在婚外情,而是作假口供妨碍司法公正,这也是共和党弹劾克林顿的根本理由。

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小布什当选总统后继续拉低了道德底线。他粗俗的牛仔作风倒在其次,关键是在战争与和平这样涉及,国家利益的重大事情上居然也敢撒谎!他想推翻他父亲老布什没能干掉的伊拉克总统萨达姆,于是就编造谎言说,美国情报部门已经获得了伊拉克政府拥有大规模杀伤性武器的确凿证据,如果不清除这些武器,无数的百姓将人头落地。

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于是,小布什就绕开了联合国,出动大批美国部队攻入伊拉克,活捉并绞死了萨达姆,扶持了一个新政府。当然,后来把伊拉克搜查了一个遍,也没有发现任何大规模杀伤性武器,这从一开始就是小布什政府假借情报人员之口摆的一个“乌龙”,即“情报门”事件。


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不料伊拉克民族和宗教问题十分复杂,各个派别分立山头,恐怖袭击无日没有,最后数十万伊拉克平民和数千美军将士人头落地,只不过不是死在萨达姆的大规模杀伤性武器上,而是恐怖分子制造的偷袭和自杀性爆炸上。然而,小布什在白宫待了8年,也没有因为这场“情报门”丑闻和发动伊拉克战争而受到任何追责惩罚,在把美国折腾得千疮百孔、负债累累后,高高兴兴地回德克萨斯州的老家颐养天年去了。



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大家可能觉得奥巴马是个丑闻不多的总统,其实在他当政时期,也发生过“棱镜门”或“监听门”事件。



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2013年6月,美国前防务承包商雇员爱德华·斯诺登通过多家媒体披露美国国家安全局“棱镜”项目等涉及的机密档,指认美国情报机构多年来在国内外持续监视互联网活动以及通信运营商用户信息,大规模监听美国民众和外国政要的电话。“棱镜门”事件引起国际社会的高度关注,直接波及美俄关系,以及美国与欧盟关系。而希拉里·克林顿任国务卿时期所发生的“邮件门”事件,也多多少少对她2016年11月的总统选举产生了不利影响。


特朗普平均每天撒谎5次 美国总统为何越来越爱撒谎

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现在轮到特朗普时代的“通俄门”事件了。此事还在持续发酵中,牵扯到的人越来越多,包括特朗普的大儿子和女婿都会见过俄罗斯的相关人士,卷入了通俄门案件。此事究竟走向何方,会引发多大的政坛地震,大家不妨拭目以待。


特朗普平均每天撒谎5次 美国总统为何越来越爱撒谎
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即便前面的丑闻揭了一桩又一桩,但后面的接班人却风雨无阻,前赴后继。其实,总统撒谎的原因很多,有的是政治斗争需要,有的是过于自信,有的是缺乏安全感,有的是为了自己的一己私利,当然也有的是为了国家战略和重大目标,不一而足。



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按照美国政治哲学家列奥·施特劳斯的分析,政治生活与欺骗紧密相连“政府官员公开发表的言论必须谨慎,道理很明显:如果我说实话,我等于是在帮助敌人。”战争时期如此,和平时期亦如此。难怪细数美国历史上的历届总统,没有一个能够置身撒谎者之外,最多只有频率的高低、后果的轻重之分罢了。


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阿尔特曼教授指出,历届总统总会有许多秘密无法说出,保密也是外交政治的一部分,譬如二战时期的罗斯福总统就没有完全透露他在雅尔塔会议上与其他国家领导人达成协议的内容。他发现,官方谎言的实际问题是谎言有自我复制功能,即国家领导人对他的人民越是说谎,他就越不得不对他的人民撒谎。


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2003年9月美国《华盛顿月刊》刊登了一个非同寻常的排行榜——美国历史上最能撒谎的总统排名,结果小布什当仁不让,位居第一。岁月流金,日历翻到了2017年。《华盛顿邮报》的事实核查员曾罗列了特朗普上任6个月以来的800处错误或误导性言论,肯定能打破历届总统的撒谎记录。
 
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